Americana & Folk Art
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Peggy McClard Antiques Americana & Folk Art |
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A lovely mid-Victorian Era painting on silk of a handled basket filled
with flowers such as tulips, daisies, passion flower and lilies.
The basket is done in two shades of bright blue which really highlights
the painting. The background silk is painted a deep
eggplant-color. The painting is signed with a "G" inside of a
large "C". This is the type of painting that late 19th century
ladies painted to show off their talents and to show the world that they
had the leisure time to enjoy their artwork. The paint is a
water-based paint, either tempura or gouache. I've framed this
lovely painting edged with a acid-free blue paper that perfectly picks
up the blue basket. All of this has gone into a 12 1/2" x 16 3/4"
period frame paint decorated with black over red. The frame color
accentuates the eggplant color of the background silk. There are
two tiny pinholes in either upper corner of the silk where it must have
been pinned to a wall at one time. You really have to search to
see the holes. A lovely piece of American folk art. Circa
1880. (#4106) $550 |
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